From Tech Incubators to Health-Promoting Camping Gear

By: Tiana Reid - Published: May 13, 2013 • References:

This Social Business top list of anti-malaria innovations congeals around an issue that has come to be known in the industry of international development as perhaps a non-political issue (like many health issues). The goal, it has been said, is to make malaria sexy in an effort to raise awareness and curtail preventable deaths. Think: Malaria No More, a non-profit attempting to "end malaria deaths in Africa by 2015." According to the World Health Organization, the parasite, transmitted by mosquitoes, cause estimated 660,000 deaths in 2010.